I'll try to get serious about ATP PDgame next season... My problem is I have no clue who the players are, beyond the 3, or 4 usual suspects. I was updating the ATP top-10 list here, and was surprised to see Thiem and Zverev ranked so high... I thought those were new guys still trying to be relevant in the top-30 ...

@ 93tennisroyalty: It is all about not missing too many games especially everything named Slam, Prem.Mand. or Prem5...

You can miss some Premiers and Internationals (as only best 7 / best 9 count), but of course the more you play, the bigger the odds of having 7 / 9 decent scores .You were the best in International events, so that is obviously not the problem.

I missed out on the podium by ONE point (Ace beat me on the line)... I got to say that I am more focussed on winning events, so sometimes I pick an unlikely QF, SF or F just to make a difference... if if works, it is great, if it is not.... I go down badly and lose a lot of points.

Now looking at the first three months of 2018, I do not have too many points to defend (compared to others), so I might focus on getting to #1 again (even if it is only for one week).

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